Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq Desk Study on the ... - UNEP
Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq Desk Study on the ... - UNEP
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Zoom of rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Marshland areas (Hawr Al-Hawizeh/Al-Azim, 2002)<br />
CHRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES<br />
Landsat image: ETM+ Bands 7,4 and 2<br />
Images courtesy of <strong>UNEP</strong>/DEWA/GRID-Geneva<br />
Analysis of Landsat satellite imagery y shows that <strong>the</strong> surviv<strong>in</strong>g Mesopotamian marshlands decl<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
by y 30% from 1,084 square kilometers <strong>in</strong> 2000 (see opposite page) to 759 square kilometers <strong>in</strong> 2002<br />
(above).<br />
At this rate of loss, , <strong>the</strong> marshes are likely to totally vanish with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> next five years<br />
ears.<br />
<strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Envir<strong>on</strong>ment <strong>in</strong> <strong>Iraq</strong><br />
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